thanks for joining us. that's what is happening with "today in the bay". >> join kris and i for the news at 11:00. sa good morning. breaking news. north korea launches a new test missile overnight but it explodes within seconds. the u.s. responding with a strong show of force. tensions rising as that isolated regime taunts the trump administration. is an already tense situation about to get much worse. last-minute scramble. president trump around his health care bill, suggesting they could lose their seats if it doesn't pass. as democrats bring in former vice president, joe biden, to make his own 11 th-pohour push save obamaa care.

does trump have the support he needs? miraculous renovation. jesus' tomb after a restoration. this morning we have an exclusive look inside one of the holiest sites in the world. and chuck barris, the host "the gong show" dead at 87. modern-day talent shows, being remembered for a creative and sometimes controversial life today, wednesday, march 22, 2017. >> from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a. wum to "today" on a wednesday morning. i mean this in the best possible way. you're too young to remember. >> oh, but i know about his greatest invention, the gong of

"the gong show." how many times do you wish we had a gong on this show? >> he was an original. we're going to talk more about his life and career coming up. but talk about changing pace. let's start with today's top story. that failed north korean missile launch. this is the third since president trump took office. the u.s. command monitoring the isolated regime closely, responding with a show of force. nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent, has the latest, andrea mitchell. >> u.s. pacific command and south corian officials say the launch was a did yud, blowing u within seconds. the question now, did covert u.s. action cause that failure? overnight, a north korean missile exploding. the failed attempt on the east coast, the latest in a series of escalating actions from the rogue nation.

actions u.s. officials fear go beyond the normal. just last weekend, north korea tested a new high-thrust rocket engine and fired off four ba ballistic missiles. monday, a government spokesman calling its nuclear force the treasured justice and most reliable war deterrents to defend the socialist mother land. the comments coming days after second of state rx tillerson returned from the region. >> mr. secretary, north korea is threatening preemptive action. can you say whether that's a dangerous escalation? >> no comment. >> he talked tough, warning of a possible preemptive military strike if they continue escalating its program. >> let me be very clear. the policy of strategic patience has ended. >> kim jong un's response, a

fiery new propaganda video, portraying his troops supposedly blowing up the aircraft carrier now on military exercises. and shooting an american bomber out of the sky. a top-secret u.s. cyber program sabotaged previous north korean launches. unclear today, was today's failed launch an accident or evidence that the u.s. has again found a way to slow down north korea's progress to developing that long-range missile that could reach the west coast of the u.s. >> andrea mitchell, thanks very much. now to the white house where a former trump campaign chairman is in the headlines this morning over alleged secret ties to a rugs billionaire and vladimir putin himself as trump makes a final push to repeal and replace obama care. our political team is standing by. let's start with national correspondent peter alexander at the white house. good morning.

>> matt good morning. the breaking news, the associated press reporting president trump's paul man afort secretly worked for russia about a decade ago and even proposed an ambitious political strategy to undermine anti russian opposition. the report appears to contradict assertions by the trump administration and maniafort himself he never worked for russian interests. i spoke to press secretary sean spicer. he told me, quote, it would be inappropriate to comment on a person who is not a white house official. manafort saying his work did not involve representing russia political interests. a problem attic headline when the president can least afford it as his push to get a win on health care goes down to the wire. this morning, nearly seven years to the day after president obama signed his signature health care

law, his vice president trying to save it from extinction, pushing democrats to help defeat president trump's replacement plan. as mr. trump tries to seal his biggest yet, pitching republicans last night. >> the house bill ends the obama care nightmare and gives health care decisions back to the states and back to the american people. >> reporter: the comments punctuating his courtship, earlier taking his case to the capitol. >> we had a great meeting and i think we're going to get a winner vote. we're going to have a real winner. >> reporter: a personal appeal earning praise from the republican house speaker. >> i've got to say, editorial, the president just came here and knocked the ball out of the park. >> reporter: the final countown fueled by last-minute tweaks, including on medicaid funding. still an nbc news analysis shows 27 republicans likely to vote no. republicans can only afford 21 to vote against it. >> the team still telling him this is a slam dunk and it's

not. he is being misled, as far as i can tell. on thursday, reality is going to come crashing down. >> reporter: the negotiator in chief delivering a warning to members of his own party. vote against the bill and gamble being voted out of office. still unconvinced, many conservatives with the so-called frooed caucus, demanding lower premiums. mark meadows to get his colleagues on board or risk losing his job. meadows, unfazed. >> it's a temporary job, and i've known that from day one. >> reporter: the white house calling that exchange a joke, not a threat. but offering a warning of its own. >> if we go out there and make these pledges to the american people and don't do what we said we have done on these big things, they're going to look for an alternative. >> reporter: it's an upbill battle on the senate side, as well, with three republicans balking at the bill and democrats looking to capitalize. >> the house should not walk this plank. they should not ask senate republicans to walk this plank. they should drop repeal once and

for all. >> reporter: the president just tweeted big day for health care, working hard. but on this bill, one of his big challenges is to many of its republican opponents, the issue isn't politics, it's policy and ideology. they don't think the bill goes far enough to dismantle obama care. paul ryan, does he gamble and let the house as planned, or does he pull it and start over. >> all right, peter alexander. >> let us bring in steve co kornaki. we could be wrong, 27 republicans still not on board with this bill. only 21 can vote against it. and have it still pass. what's going on behind oh the scenes. >> let's take you through the math and what you need if our a republican. there are some vacancies, 430 total members of the house. you need 216. that's your magic number for a majority. look, right away, everything that's black on here, that's

a -- excuse me, a democrat. you're not going to get a democratic vote. so you have to rely on the 237 republicans. that leaves you a margin for error on this, as you just said, of 21 votes. you can lose 21 of those republicans. you've got 27 who say no right now. but what are they saying? are they saying we're absolute no, or are they saying we're likely no? if you talk to people around republican leadership, their best hope is this. their best hope is that those likely nos at the end of the day for their own political reasons, they say they want to vote no, but if their vote is needed to pass it, if it's a close vote on the floor, they will come around. the risk here, if you're a republican leadership, these things can cascade. if you put this on the floor, if you don't have the vote, people hold back. if it looks like it doesn't pass, suddenly they all rush to vote no. and suddenly you've got a massacre on your hands. so it's a big risk if they put this thing on the floor tomorrow, and they are not sure they're at 216. >> but the other alternative is isn't great either, pull the bill and start over.

is that a realistic option? >> it really isn't at this point. if you pull the bill, you've got the wolves circling and they see blood. then you are showing you are weak. hard to get them back at that point. >> steve, a lot of people following this closely over the next 24 hours. thank you very much. the deadly storms that swept across parts of the south on tuesday night have taken a toll georgia. it brought lightning, golf ball-size hail. at least one person killed when a tree fell on a suburban atlanta home. dozens of trees were down throughout that area. more than 100,000 people were left without power, and at least two school districts announced closings and delays because of storm damage. >> that brings us to dylan. some rough times there, for sure. >> yeah, nearly 100 reports of damaging winds. winds strong enough to indicate those severe storms were moving through. and you can see over the last 12 hours, they really fired up across eastern tennessee and moved through northern georgia

and the carolinas too. besides leftover rain, improvements. it was all caused by the cold front that moved through, combined with the warmer air and triggered those storms. now colder air with wind advisories across most of the northeast and especially up into new england. with all the snow melt recently, that could create some unsettled ground, and those winds could create some of those power lines and trees to topple. something to keep an eye out. this morning, one of those days where the warmest part of the day is right now. later on this afternoon, it was will continue to drop. we're looking at temps in new york city about 28 degrees by 6:00 this evening with the wind chill of only 16. so bundle up. that's a look at the weather across the country. your local forecast is coming up in the next 30 seconds.

with no artificial preservatives, flavors or colors wherever you go. introducing cheese dippers by the laughing cow. reinvent snacking. good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're under a microclimate alert. tracking rain mainly south of san francisco but we've seen the heavy pockets of rain moving through the south bay as well as the east bay and also the peninsula at times. it will be on and off throughout the morning and even early afternoon but we're getting a tough drive coming up 101 through the south county and into san jose. also, towards the tri-valley where the rain continues to come down. now, to the other drama playing out on capitol hill. president trump's pick for the supreme court heading back to

the hot seat again after a day of marathon grilling. nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker is covering that for us. >> good morning. as judge neil gorsuch prepares for a second day of tough questions, the white house is praising his performance so far. one official telling me the view inside the west wing is that the confirmation hearings are going extremely well. but key to his confirmation may be his ability to distance himself from president trump. that was on display yesterday, when he was pressed over and over again to weigh in on some of president trump's recent attacks on the judiciary. for the first time, judge gorsuch went on the record calling those attacks disheartening. now, the white house tried to argue that he wasn't specifically talking about president trump. president trump last night during that party dinner even attacked the judiciary again. but it was very clear, he was trying to create some distance. he was also pressed on other thorny topics, like roe v. wade

and gun rights. he kept his cards very close to the vest. didn't show his hand. said it would be inappropriate to weigh in on those types of topics. he's expecting another round of tough questions today, including whether or not some of his past rulings show he favors large corporations over the little guy. that's something judge gorsuch has consistently denied. there is broad agreement though in the first day, his performance was steady. savannah and matt, back to you. >> another day today before him. kristen welker, thank you so much. want to turn to the sad news we mentioned at the top of our show. legendary game show host and producer chuck barris has passed away at the age of 87. >> reporter: he was an american original. chuck barris, best known for creating and hosting the "gong show," a spoof of talent shows that dominated the airwaves in the '70s.

>> ladies and gentlemen, vanessa welsh. ♪ if i could save time in a bottle ♪ >> reporter: offering amateurs the opportunity to show off their talents to a three-judge celebrity panel, decades before "american idol" and america's got talent. >> strange subculture we had going out there, and we enjoyed it very much. >> reporter: he had already had a successful career behind the camera. he produced a string of hit game shows, including the "dating game" and the "newlywed game." at one time, the king of daytime tv provided various networks with 27 hours of television a week. more proof of his eclectic career, he wrote a pop song, a big hit for freddie cannon back in 1962. ♪ my heart's flying up like a rock

rocketship ♪ >> reporter: barris was also an author, whose book was made into a film in 2002 directed by george clooney. he made the wild claim he worked as a cia assassin in the '60s and '70s in the middle of his tv career. coy about the reality behind the book, he spoke about his connection to the cia here on the "today" show back in 1984. >> no, i was never a cia hit man. i never did those things. i once applied for the cia. while i was going through the process, i got a job and went off and did television. but i always wondered what would have happened if i'd done both. >> reporter: chuck barris, producer, host, songwriter, author, dead at 87. >> let me tell you something, he had such an eclectic career. after he got done working, he'd made some money. he moved to the south of france and basically just retired there. >> do you guys run into him? >> the show was there in 1995

for about five days and he was a guest. found him in a cafe, singing and enjoying the good life. he was a character. >> the whole cia thing, i have to read that book. >> i know, yeah. >> he'll be missed for sure. >> it was a little before my time. >> exactly. all right. coming up, cia super bowl? the new security video giving a minute by minute look at the brazen theft of tom brady's jersey. unveiled. an exclusive look at the tomb of jesus christ after the renovation to the site. first, this is "today" on nbc.

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and good morning, 7:26 right now on your wednesday morning. i'm sam brock. we are in a microclimate weather alert right now as another round of rain coming right on through the bay area. this is a live look at the wet roads right now on highway 101 in san jose. you see the typical backup there. early this morning, the rain triggered minor flooding in orinda. that's also by camino pablo road. crews were keeping the water off the roadway. let's get an update on the conditions with meteorologist kari hall. >> we see pockets of heavy rain and towards emeryville we don't see heavy rain at this point. just kind of the after effects as we get clearing. still pouring in the south bay

and a very slow drive this morning. getting a look at the radar, we still see there's a lot more rain offshore that's working its way inland. don't expect it to rain the entire time but when it comes in, it's quite heavy. heavy rain through gilroy as well as morgan hill. it also extends into the east bay. as we head over to mike, an update on the roadways. >> kari, you see the blue on the map. there's where the rain hit the hardest over the last half hour. northbound through san jose, it's kicking in. southbound 880 has been troubled through the area towards fremont. a couple of other crashes over the last half hour. still over on the shoulder, slow through hayward. san mateo bridge, it's soupy. palo alto, things moving a little better after they gummed up southbound at university. back to you. >> mike, appreciate that.

we're back with more news updates as the wet weather continues. see you in 30 minutes. for now, back to the "today" show.

7:30 now. wednesday morning, march 22nd, 2017. it's a chilly, spring morning. actually going to get colder and colder as the day goes on. yes, it is spring, but it doesn't feel like it quite yet. we'll get out and say hello in a little bit. >> 20 degrees colder today than yesterday. that's why al went on vacation. to blame dylan dreyer for all this. >> i'm out. making headlines, president trump making an 11th hour bid to garner support he needs for the new health care bill ahead of tomorrow's vote. meanwhile, democrats are looking to former vice president joe biden to rally the resistance on capitol hill today for a chance to save obamacare. north korea launched a new

test missile overnight. this is the third since president trump took office. the launch failed but the u.s. responded with its own show of force. flying military aircraft with allies south korea and japan. as tensions with the regime are reaching a boiling point. powerful line of thunderstorms turned deadly in georgia overnight. lightning, golf ball sized hail, winds of 60 miles per hour. more than 100,000 people without power. at least one person killed when a tree fell on a suburban atlanta home. now to the investigation into a crime at the super bowl. we've got new video this morning that appears to show the moments leading up to the brazen theft of tom brady's game jersey. nbc's thomas roberts has the latest. >> this is a caper. the video tells the tale. we'll let you know for the first time, mexican authorities identifying the alleged suspect. plus, the new video showing how he may have walked into a crowded patriots locker room undefeated, walking out with the coveted jersey, belonging to the

nfl's biggest star. >> another look to make sure. >> reporter: like the nfl's instant replay, new, detailed video shows how the so-called grand theft happened. mauricio ortega, the suspect. cameras appear to show what happened in the minutes before and after tom brady's jersey was swiped from the team's crowded locker room. >> this is everything that happened that night. >> reporter: released by the fox sports show "the herd," airing what they say is 46-minutes worth of video and describing what they believe shows the incident. at 9:36, brady takes off his jersey and hands it to a man fox identifies as a patriots employee. five minutes later, the man carries the jersey back to the locker room. at . >> at 9:51 the suspected thief is seen on the field taking

selfies with players. he then follows patriots head coach bill belichick and his group into the locker room. here the suspect looks directly into a camera. at 10:18 ortega leaves the locker room carrying brady's jersey under his left arm and back on to the field. >> did somebody take my jersey? >> adding extra drama to the most dramatic super bowl victory ever. the now infamous jersey valued at half a million dollars uncovered police say across the border in mexico along with another brady jersey and helmet that may belong to vaughn miller. according to a mexican newspaper ortega was an executive for their. >> paul: their re-signed for

personal reasons. those that know him say he's a huge fan that bragged about items he collected. he runs a auction company in colorado. ortega told him he had vaughn miller's helmet. >> when he told me he was in position of his helmet i was caught off guard. >> he said he never offered to sell the helmet. it crossed my mind watch it be this guy and then it actually was. >> really is amazing this. month this morning there's still no arrest. but the former mexican president tweeted he is a true embarrassment to all mexicans adding that mexico should jail him without waiting for patriots to ask brady did put out a statement. he didn't comment directly to the video but he was very thankful for the fbi being able

to retrieve these items. >> just because you look up into a security camera doesn't mean your guilty but it looks terrible. >> but good news dylan drier has been cleared. >> he was my prime suspect. >> he came back from maternity leave right at this time. >> it was very suspicious. >> nice segway by the way. >> i told you i didn't do it. >> we are look at storms today or tomorrow rather through parts of the western plains. not a lot of folks impacted by this because it's mostly rural areas but still the threat increasing by thursday evening with super cells that could produce large hail and damaging wind through most of texas and louisiana and arkansas too. 20 million people under the threat of severe weather and damaging winds and we can't rule out a possible tornado or two as well especially across eastern texas. here's the cold front moving

east ward then you have the front moving in and also heavier downpours too and that could cause issues as we go into the end of the week. spring continue across the rockies. temperatures in the upper 70s and lower 80s. big storm producing a lot of rain and much good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. temperatures in the lower 50s now. as you step out the door, rain in the peninsula and south bay. the tri-valley also seeing some rain but it's clearing in san francisco and the north bay while the east bay is also seeing scattered rain. as we go into the afternoon, we'll get clearing but a slight chance of rain will linger into the day. highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s. it's much cooler after the cold front continues to sweep through and push the rain off to the east.

>> that's your latest forecast. >> thank you very much. now to new evidence and new concerns about the relationship between the teacher in tennessee and the teenage student he is suspected of kidnapping. her sister is now speaking up for the first time. tammie is in nashville, good morning good morning it's been nine days since they vanished and they have new information on the suspected kidnapper that's causing great concern. >> this morning 17-year-old sarah thomas is speaking out for the first time since her sister elizabeth went missing. >> i want her found. >> saying she often found her sister in the former teacher's classroom. >> we went to his classroom a whole bunch because i don't know that's where all the other kids were and that's where my sister was and she's my best friend so i went with her. >> ensuring her little sister's

chilling last words to her. >> she said i'm going to be back by 6. if i'm not back by 6:00, call the police. >> investigators now say the schoolteacher planned this kidnapping in advance. days before he disappeared authorities say he researched whether his car could be tracked by law enforcement and had also looked into teenage marriage onli online. >> i am afraid he has married her she changed the bio on her instagram account to wife. she also posted a beauty and the beast reference saying every beauty needs her beast to protect her from everything but him. >> we're hoping that he realizes very soon that this is not the fairy tail she thinks it might be. >> this shows them together at school. it was taken days before the student reported seeing the two of them kissing in a classroom. documents obtained from the school show the student reported

the kiss to school officials on january 24th. elizabeth's father didn't learn of the incident until a week later from local police. he was suspended february 6th despite warnings not to have contact with her. march 13th elizabeth disappeared. her father is still holding out hope. >> i'll wait all my life if i have to. >> law enforcement receives 650 tips. that's a relatively low number that leads them to believe the two of them might be hiding out of the public view. >> tammie thank you very much. coming up some alarming news for women. the fda investigates possible link between breast implants and cancer. >> but coming up next we will take you to the holy land where jesus's tomb is being unveiled after undergoing a very expensive restoration. that's coming up right after this.

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we're back now, 7:44 on a wednesday morning. that's a live shot from jerusalem on this wednesday, one of the holiest sites in the world is what we're about to talk about. >> the tomb of jesus christ after an expensive and high profile restoration. we're joined from jerusalem with the first look inside. good morning. >> reporter: i'm inside the church in jerusalem built on the spot where christian tradition says jesus was entombed and rose again. and something this church has been resistant to, change. >> christian leaders marched into the church as the peal of

bells could be heard throughout jerusalem's old city. the faithful say jesus' tomb was opened by god's command. today it opened again following a renovation that was hundreds of years in the making. the tomb has been closed to the public for nine months for the renovations. >> this is a great day, a very exciting day. first of all to see the archaeology, what's contained, to see some of the original bedrock where jesus would have been laid after his death. >> reporter: weave been following the renovations here since they began. they are exceptionally rare. >> we will make it exactly the same without any deformation. >> but it will look the same? >> exactly. >> reporter: the little house over christ's tomb was falling down. damaged by water, fire and

earthquakes. now it's been reinforce with metal screws. rotten stone and mold cleared away, long overdue. the tomb hadn't been properly renovated for 200 years because the various christian denominations which compete for control of the holy sites here could never agree on who would do the work. in the end, a greek firm that works on the acrop lis in athens was chosen and during the renovations something even more extraordinary took place. jesus' tomb was opened. >> on the top of what has been believed to be jesus' tomb and now they're analyzing what's underneath it. >> reporter: scientists and a crew from national geographic had a look inside. the holy bed from which the faithful believe jesus rose from the bed had never been filmed before. now, the lid is back on.

the eticule is no longer in danger of collapse and it's once again open to all. leaders here say this renovation is a sign of unity and they hope they can continue this spirit of coming together for the sake of the faith and so they can carry out more much-needed renovations here. back to you. >> amazing story. >> it really is. coming up, we'll shift gears. c carson's over in the orange room with a heart warming story as some students get a super sized surprise. and an entrepreneur named sharon. its witnessed 31 crashes, 4 food fights, and the flood of '09. it's your paradise perfected with behr premium plus low odor paint. the best you can buy starting under $25. unbelievable quality. unbeatable prices.

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good wednesday morning. it is 7:56. we are in a microclimate weather alert after tracking very heavy early morning rain. we're getting some clearing in san francisco right now but it was definitely across the south bay pouring a little more recently and the roads are still wet as you head out the door. going to see this rain moving off towards the east but still pockets of some rain developing offshore. it will be off and on as we go throughout the morning and at times heavy rain moving in. as far as what we have this morning, it continues to clear off towards the east and finally in the south county we're getting a little bit of a break here. you're about to see the rain moving out there after having seen that rain for several hours. as we get a look at what is happening in san jose, spotty, lighter showers and also up towards fremont and towards the tri-valley, pockets of heavier rain there. also, as we go towards antioch and bethel island as well as discovery bay, seeing some of the rain that is moving off to

the east and clearing here soon. now as we head over to mike, let's get an update on the roadways. >> the south bay shows the slowing. just having left the area at 680 and 101, we see a lot of slowing on the map. let's show you the live camera. as you showed, we have wet roadways and water kicking up and windshield wipers are on steady. you have to have those headlights on as well. tri-valley, dublin, soupy conditions. through oakland, tougher as far as the visibility goes. a lot more traffic flowing but the skies are starting to clear. back to you. >> thank you, mike. happening now, our team is staying on top of the weather-related issues. go to our twitter feed to see some of the biggest problems we've seen this morning so far including trees that came down and minor flooding. also, you can track the storm by viewing live doppler radar available on our website and also by clicking on the nbc bay

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, the art of the deal. president trump pushing his new health care plan. >> the house bill ends the obamacare nightmare. >> as some republicans signal their doubts the bill will pass. >> ultimately at this particular point, there's still not enough votes in the house to pass the gop plan. >> all of it as joe biden heads back to capitol hill, urging democrats to save obamacare. we're live at the white house. plus, shocking discovery. the fda investigating a possible link between breast implants and a rare form of cancer. over 350 cases across the u.s., including nine deaths.

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washington. this morning, the associated press is reporting new documents show the former campaign chairman for president trump, paul manafort, secretly worked for a russian billionaire, they say, to advance the interests of russian president vladimir putin a decade ago. this would mean more ties to russia, ones man authority afor. he said this morning his work for the billionaire, quote, did not involve representing russian political interests. the white house today says it would be inappropriate to comment on a person who is not a white house employee. remember, this story comes at a high pressure time for the president, as he's working hard to try and convince spectacle republicans to pass this gop health care bill. >> reporter: it's not a hotel orca so or casino but a health care bill that's donald trump's biggest deal yet, with 24 hours left to close it, and a late-night push from the president. >> the house bill ends the obamacare nightmare and gives

health care decisions back to the states and back to the american people. >> reporter: even as joe biden heads to capitol hill today to rally democrats, the president will meet with more republicans in congress. a day after deploying both sweet talk and tough talk behind closed doors, warning lawmakers they could lose their jobs if this bill doesn't pass. >> the president was very direct. if he don't get it done, we lose the house and we lose the senate. >> is that an implied threat from the president to the members who don't back the bill? >> it is a political reality. to make a promise and pledge of this magnitude and not follow it through, i'm sure voters would be upset. >> reporter: the math doesn't add up, at least not yet. our nbc news analysis shows 27 house republicans oppose the plan or lean against it. at least six of them would have to flip. otherwise, the bill will fail. >> ultimately at this particular point, there's still not enough votes in the house to pass the

gop plan. >> reporter: as the president makes his pitch, so is his pick for supreme court nominee. judge neil gorsuch set to answer more questions from senators today, working to prove he's not a political pawn. >> i am a judge. i amy -- am my own man. >> did he ever ask you to overrule roe v. wade? >> no, senator. >> what would you have done if he asked? >> senator, i would have walked out the door. >> reporter: on president trump's attacks against the judiciary? >> when anyone criticizes the honesty, integrity, motives of a federal judge, well, i find that disheartening. i find that demoralizing because i know the truth. >> anyone including the president of the united states. >> anyone is anyone. >> but that, by the way, does not appear to be phasing the president. at a dinner last night, he said,

someone said i should not criticize judges. immediately adding, okay, i'll criticize judges. matt? >> hallie jackson at the white house. thank you very much. want to talk about a tense situation overseas with north korea. test firing another missile overnight. it apparently failed, blowing up within seconds of its launch. the test came days after secretary of state rex tillerson warned north korea that escalating its weapons program could provoke u.s. military action. the u.s. answered by flying supersonic bombers and jets over south korea. american officials already detected signs that north korea is preparing for a new launch in the next few days. new concerns in health news about the most popular cosmetic procedure performed in the u.s. the fda is investigating a possible link between certain breast implants and a rare form of cancer blamed now for at least nine deaths.

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parliament across the tens. in that incident, it now appears as though a car hit several people, a crowd, in westminster bridge. at least five people were hit by that car. they are now being treated, from what we understand. and a separate incident close to the houses of parliament, very close to the houses of parliament where a man believed to have been armed with a knife threatened a police officer and were able to get sbo the confines of the parliamentary building. the leader of the house of commons has confirmed that that man was shot by police. that information has not yet been confirmed by met police. what we're hearing on the official channels of met police is that there's a firearms incident in central london. that they are aware of it, but they are not giving any further

details. lester, one more note to add. this would have been a very busy day in parliament. it's wednesday, that's when the prime minister goes to the houses of parliament and addresses fellow mps and talks about the state of government and policies. the prime minister is safe and at work. her location not being disclosed. lester? >> we're look iing a the a picte of westminster bridge and vehicles stopped right there. is it your assessment that whatever happened is contained? >> we haven't heard officially from met police whether they are looking for more than one suspect, whether they have stopped a suspect, whether anyone is in custody or has been stopped by any means, shot or otherwise. all we have in terms of suspects or attackers is this information from the leader of the house of commons, who has said that one man has been shot at the houses

of parliament. so again, lester, this leaves in question exactly what has happened on westminster bridge aside from a person in a car running into a crowd of people and injuring at least five. that's where we astand as of no. >> we're looking at a live aerial view of the bridge itself, where we believe that some people have been treated there. the camera now focusing on what appear to be people on the ground around that double decker bus. how this relates to what happened on the grounds of parliament is not clear right now, but you can clearly see activity, first responders around that bus on the bridge. this bridge leads across to parliament. so these locations very, very close together here. again, early reports are of shots fired. there was a statement by the leader of the house of commons who says the assailant was shot

by armed lis. an air ambulance is currently on the scene to remove casualties. he notes in a statement, further violence in the vicinity of the palace of westminster hopes colleagues on all sides will certainly stay in touch with all this. bill neily is in london and joins us on the phone. bill, what do you know? >> i'm in central london at the minute. it does appear that this is some kind of terror incident because it does appear there were two incidents. in one, a man actually got inside the grounds of westminster. this is the seat, not just the british government, but of british democracy. he appears to have been armed with a knife. he was challenged by two police officers and it does appear that that assailant was shot by armed police. at around the same time and just a few hundred yards away, it

seems that a vehicle is being described as a 4 by 4 sorks a vehicle that would hit with considerable force knocked down possibly five people on westminster bridge. there are pictures on social media, there's video on social media of some of those people lying on the ground. e we don't know what condition they are in. so far, the police have not given any details of injuries or indeed of deaths. but this appears to be a double incident. at the very center of british democracy, and obviously, london has been subject to terrorist attacks in the past. and one's mind immediately goes to paris and brussels and the other european countries that have suffered terrorism in recent years. so clearly, a very serious incident or two incidents here. >> as we look at another live view, this is just outside parliament right now on the

street that leads across the bridge this. you can see the police activity. we saw what appear to be first responders tending to individuals on the bridge itself. that would be the second location. the first location is the parliament itself where police apparently took down an assailant there. how broad this reaches is a little unclear. no one officially that we know of has characterized this as a terrorist incident. we are certainly aware of what happened in the past year in it niece and more recently during the christmas holiday in germany involving vehicle attacks and authorities around the world have tightened their security and have kept that in mind a possibility of these kinds of attacks. here you see a vehicle up on the sidewalk there and what appear to be medical atennesstendants g with potential casualties there on the street and sidewalk leading to the westminster bridge. this all taking place

mid-afternoon in london right now. if you're just joining us, we're watching two likely related, but not clear, situations unfold. an individual shot, there were shots fired outside parliament. then a vehicle that apparently move d sbo a crowd of people on the bridge, westminster bridge. it's a very popular tourist location that people come to get a look at big ben. there you see, in fact, as the camera widens out a little more of parliament. kellie, you still with us? >> i am. >> is this being characterized beyond just two separate incidents? >> well, officially, they say they are dealing with two separate scenes here, lester. and we do know that this has been the fear of met police now for years. they have warned repeatedly it's

not a case of if, but when. they have talked about how many terrorist attacks, plots they have foiled. thot to say this has been linked to terrorism. it absolutely has not at this point, but it has that same sort of signature as other types of attacks that we have seen in other parts of europe. the question here is was this involving more than one person? was there an attacker on the bridge, which is i think what you were getting to. was there an attacker on the bridge who is now potentially on the loose? was there someone else who was attacking parliament or is this the same person who has now been, we understand, shot in or around the grounds of parliament. that we simply don't know at this point. met police said they have closed the westminster underground train station very, very close to westminster.

that's if you have been to london and ridden the tube, you know that pops you right out at the corner of parliament square and takes you right up to the foot of paroliamenparliament. that may have been an indication they are trying to keep people out of the area or trying to keep any possible suspects in or a combination of the two, lester. >> there were reports, again, of a police officer stabbed at parliament. police shooting the assailant there. how many other people may be involved in this is unclear. a moment ago, we saw a medical ambulance that landed outside the grounds of parliament to take some of the casualties away. we have seen paramedics on both sides of the bridges. first responders apparently tending to individuals. this is a pretty broad area because we're seeing activity on both sides of this bridge as well as in parliament. we haven't heard any numbers,

but they are looking several scenes here across the bridge. you see the camera continues to move and you can see people being attended to all along the bridge. traffic, obviously, stopped. we're told that parliament was placed in a lockdown. the house of commons was in session. it was quickly suspended at the sound of shots. people reporting hearing shots outside parliament. that would have likely been the police officer responding to that assailant with a knife. now you can see all along the bridge here as it continues to move towards parliament different spots of police activity and what appears to be medical activity as well. if you have been to london, this is a place you have likely been to. it's a very, very popular stroll for tourists across the bridge and who want to get a view of parliament and the this would be very crowded this time of day. it would have been 2:00 in the

afternoon when this all transpired. here's another view as we look live on the westminster bridge of paramedics there, who have set up what appears to be a triage area. we don't have a number of injured or casualties, but we are just watching this play out. obviously, an unfolding situation. police in london b getting a handle on this. obviously, security throughout london would be on high alert right now as investigators try to get a handle on how broad this may be or whether this was limited to what we're seeing here. these two incidents in and around parliament. it's hard to get an idea. we had heard reports that a vehicle, a truck may have plowed into the crowd. the fact we're seeing people treated here at different

intervals along the bridge would perhaps suggest that it could have been a moving vehicle, but we don't really have confirmation right now. an assailant stab bed a police officer, was shot by police and police also responding to this incident on the westminster bridge that has not clearly been identified as to what happened here. you see the e enormous amounts of ambulances and police and a lot of tourist vehicles that stopped in the middle of this. we don't know whether there are people still on those it vehicles, but whatever happened it was witnessed by a lot of people. not only you see a duck boat there and the tour buss, but a lot of pedestrians would be making their way across that famous bridge at this time of day. we noted we saw a medical helicopter on the ground there

as well. it was called in to take away the most serious casualties. there's another perhaps first responder helicopter moving through the frame there as we continue to watch and wait and try to get a sense of exactly what has unfolded. the order of how it's unfolded and how security forces in london may be preparing for the eventuality this goes beyond this these locations. kelly is watching all this and monitoring all this from our newsroom in london. what more can you add? >> well, we just got off the phone with a member of the house of lords. two chambers in the house of parliament, the mps and then the house of lords. this member said that he is inside. he and others have been told to get in their offices, to barricade themselves inside in case of another attacker. so no all clear for sure at this

point inside the houses of parliament. we do understand that the house of commons leaders and an officer was stabb ebed inside t grounds, whether it was inside the building itself we don't know. the the attacker was shot by police. but the question is if the staff and civil servants and elected official us inside that building are being told to barricade themselves inside in case of another person on the loose, the question becomes was there more than one who got into this government building, the seat of power in london. we just don't know the answer as yet. >> let's walk back a little bit as the situation that has unfolded across this bridge. any indication of whether this was shots or a vehicle or what do we know?

>> at around 40 minutes to an hour ago now, we heard that there was a firearms incident that came directly from met police here in london that they were dealing with a firearms incident on westminster bridge. then we started seeing the reports on social media as well as the live cameras here from some of our local partners here showing something very different. showing some sort of 4x4 that had run into people on the bridge. this would have been a very crowded place at this time of the day. there would be people walking back and forth from offices on their way to meetings ask then you add in the tourists. so this is the second report e we received, which was really from witnesses and just from the video on the ground, lester, of a car, a 4x4 mowing down people on westminster bridge.

a photographer reported seeing half a dozen people injured on the bridge. we're not sure if any of those people -- if there was a firearm incident noigs that. if any of those people were shot in addition to being hit by a car. but we do think the primary weapon, if you will, youzed on westminster bridge was a 4x4. >> this is the original scene. you're looking on the grounds now of parliament here where that ambulance and first responders, we believe that would be the scene of where an officer was stabbed and another officer returned fire shooting the assailant. this is the separate scene from the bridge, which is a short walk away. there's the bridge itself. clint vansant is a former profiler and join us on the phone. we have seen time and time

again, if this is a terror incident, a low-tech kind of incident. e we saw in paris a few days ago an assailant trying to take a gun from a police officer. if this was terror related, a vehicle, a knife, very low tech. this is something that it i would suggest that cities would have a hard time defending against. >> well, very much so, lester. anyone can acquire a knife, and as you have witnessed and reported on over the last year and a half or so, we have seen trucks used multiple times. we have seen middle eastern terror groups advocate the use of either a knife or a truck to go into a crowd. so unfortunately, this is nothing new, but it is without u advanced information that something is going to. happen, it's very hard to intervene to stop something like this. a truck can be plowing into a

crowd before anyone can respond. of course, someone pulls a knife, it's up to an officer to react when he or she is confronted by u something like this. it's very low tech. it doesn't take a lot of planning or organization, but unfortunately, it can be very effective, nonetheless. >> we heard kelly note a moment ago that the tube, the subway through the area has been suspended now. when something like this happens, is it typical that they will begin looking at other places and have to assume this is not limited to what we're seeing here? >> well, lester, one of the great things about london, one of the most wonderful cities in the world, you and i both traveled there s that the camera system in london is so unique. i have been in scott cland yardd there are cameras at every intersection and every street. so one thing law enforcement will try to be looking for, do they see any type of

coordination with either the truck or the vehicle that the individual with the knife might have gotten out of. then they will back those cameras up. you know, lester, they start just like the bulls eye on a target. they start where the incident took place and they start backing up. both with the investigation as well as their review of cameras. they will do the normal things that the fbi or police departments will do in the country. they will run down the vehicle and see if it was stolen, look at the license, the fingerprints of the individuals involved and trying to develop a wider net. as is important right now. if these two events were, in fact, linked, are there any other events that are going to take place. i would suggest london police are at a very high alert. >> i think it's safe to assume that alert is certainly being noted in this country as well as other capitals and cities across europe. as we watch the camera once

again trained on the westminster bridge, paramedics and medical attendants treating casualties, an unknown number of casualties there. we are approaching the bottom of the hour. if you are just joining us, let's recap where we stand. there are two unfolding situations in london right now. one an assailant who tried to stab a police officer at parliament while the house of common was in session was shot. people reported hearing shots outside parliament. we have seen from the air what a appears to be a separate scene there. just a short distance away, the bridge you're seeing there, the westminster bridge, there's been an incident there that may have involved a truck plowing into individuals. we have seen a number of people treated on both sides of that bridge. we have seen ambulances, people taken away on stretchers. kelly cobiella is monitoring all

this. >> all this started about 50 minutes ago, lester. it was 2:40 in the afternoon british time. it would have been a busy afternoon right in the heart of london. the first reports that came in around 2:40 were of an incident on westminster bridge. this is the bridge that we keep seeing in these pictures, the bridge that leads straight to parliament, crosses straight to the steps of parliament. the initial reports were of a firearms incident on that bridge, according to met police. what we subsequently began to hear from eyewitnesss, as well as from the video we were see seeing, was of a 4x4, someone driving a very large vehicle into crowds on that bridge. it will sound familiar because that's exactly what happened in berlin and in germany and in france in the south of france in terrorist attacks there. there's been no official

statement, i should be very clear, that this is terror related at this point. this is very much an active investigation. met police aren't labelling it as anything right now other than a firearms incident. in terms of injuries, we understand from eyewitness reports nothing confirmed from police that half a dozen people, about six people were injured on westminster bridge. it could be more than that. again, these are preliminary numbers. then secondarily, another potential scene. a man, according to witnesses, brandishing a knife at the houses of parliament threatening an officer with a knife. an officer, according to one official member of the house of the leader of the house of commons, saying that an officer was stabbed on the parliament grounds. that attacker was then shot. this was a very busy day in parliament.

it would have been a full building. people inside have been told to shelter in place, to stay in their offices, barricade themselves inside in case there are other potential attackers inside that building. parliament has been locked down, work stopped. the prime minister is said to be safe and at work. her exact location undies closed at this time. >> kelly, thank you. we want to note that president trump, we're told, has been briefed on what is known so far about these incidents in london. there's the camera widening out and you see parliament and big ben. we want to go to bill neely. describe what lon don is like right now. >> the streets are actually beginning to empty, lester. an ambulance has just gone past me at some speed.

police are pushing people back from the immediate westminster area. adding to all the caution that kelly has outlined, i would have to say one thing. the westminster area is extremely well secured. it is usually teaming with armed police protecting the houses of parliament and is a very, very long time since there was a terror incident there. i recall it was in the 1980s when a conservative mp was blown up with his car rigged with explosives detonated as it exited the houses of parliament. that is roughly the same area where this assailant, who is said to have been armed with a knife, was taken down by police officers. but again, as kelly has rightly said, we should exercise caution at the minute. no one is actually using the

word terror. there are two incidents. it would be a huge coincidence if they weren't related, but we cannot necessarily link them at the moment. >> bill, as you were speaking, we just got word london police say they are, in fact, treating the westminster attack as a terrorist incident, quote, until we know otherwise. that is the way they are approaching right now. and they seem to be suggesting that these are all one incidents. you see police officers now running back toward the bridge. we don't know what may be prompting the sudden rush up there as they make their way. there appears to be a lot of activity around that vehicle. there's a small suv on the sidewalk. we don't know if that's the vehicle that took aim at people as they were on the bridge. but you can see a great deal of activity there.

we have seen activity on both sides of the bridge. there in white, you see walking toward the camera, those would be evidence collectors, who will process the crime scene and try to glean whatever evidence they can. we don't know if the same person who may have driven across the bridge is the same person who pulled the knife inside parliament. so many questions being asked ru right now. the first priority is treating those who have been hurt, the casualties, and certainly trying to assess whether this is limited to what we're seeing here or if this might be part of a broader attack. as kelly noted, we have seen a number of low-tech terror-type incidents in recent months. niece, france, a truck in berlin, a truck into a crowd in france only a few days ago. police attack ed by an assailan

who tried to steal one of the officer's weapons. so we have seen a pattern of attacks here that would not take a lot great deal of coordination or know how. this is being considered by metropolitan police as a terrorist incident until they know otherwise. once again moving back down across the bridge. tourist buss stopped, vehicles on the bridge stopped. we presume these people have been evacuated, but many of them will also be witnesses to the apparent horror that took place on the westminster bridge this afternoon. we have noted this is a very popular -- >> i can add something to that, if you want. >> go ahead. >> just worth noting that a few years ago, two assailants in a car knocked down a man who

turned out to be a british soldier and using a mama ma shety. that was a clear terrorist incident. and we don't know what the motivation of the person or people involved in this incident was, but as you noted, we have seen it before, in israel, where people were brandishing knives. we have seen it in niece using a vehicle. this is the very easy way that people of a certain persuasion can kill in the modern day. >> we have seen a series of terror incidents in the central europe, and knot withstanding the incident you mentioned there. has the uk felt apart from that and safer by no other reason

having a body of water between them and the rest of europe. >> two things, you're absolutely right that there is a body of water. the anti-terror police and the ghesic intelligence services have been tracking numerous terror plots, but also people in the uk remember the bombings on the 7th of july. a day after london was awarded the olympics, there were bombings that killed more than 50 people. so a lot of people in london have been wondering not it they were going to be attacked again, but when. they looked across at paris and brussels and were braced for similar attacks. of course, london endured, as did so many cities, decades of ira terrorism in the 1970s and '80s.

so this city is well used to terror incidents, but as citizens in jerusalem and tel aviv have discovered, you don't have to have explosives or know how a mercury tilt switch e device works. you can use a knife or a man with a machete and create terror. so people in london are shocked today, and we are all looking around wondering is this the only incident or rather like the paris attacks when there were four separate locations, is there more to come. there's plenty of evidence of police on the streets right now. i'm looking at them, who will be braced for more. lester? >> bill, thank you. we watch that medical helicopter lift off from the lawn there in

front of parliament possibly taking a casualty away from that scene, as we look at the wider shot and the police activity now that extends from parliament across the westminster bridge from vehicles of what we believe is a vehicle attack. the attack on the parliament grounds was aknife attack. we want to go right now to nbc's kristen welker at the white house. kristen, what is the white house say iing about this and how muc has the president been briefed? >> lester, the white house cob firming that the president has been brief ed. this started to unfold as the president was holding a meeting with women about health care. that was the big focus here at the white house this morning alead of that big vote that's expected on capitol hill tomorrow and the republicans plan to repeal and replace obamacare. now the focus is going to shift. the president asked about this himself. he said this is big news.

i think we have a little bit of what president trump had to say moments ago. >> i'm sorry. we're just getting an update on london. having some big news having to do with london. >> having covered the white house for several years, i can tell you that the president will continue to get updates throughout the day from his national security team. they will monitor the situation very closely. i was back in the west wing, and i can tell you that top officials huddled trying to get the latest information on exactly what is happening right now. the united states has no closer ally than britain. in fact, president trump met with the prime minister of britain back in january. so i would expect that we are going to see phone calls take place at the highest levels as

the white house continues to monitor this ongoing situation, lester. >> kristen welker at the white house, where they are paying close attention to this, a as they are in cities likely across europe and across the world here as this appears to be a terror attack. that's mow met police in london are characterizing it until they get information to the contrary. you can see the littered scene there of where paramedics have been treating victims of the attack. we don't have a number now. i thought maybe we had a witness there. ugh they cut away from it. if we hear from someone, we'll get to it. early indications there's half a dozen people on the bridge, but that's not confirmed by the metropolitan police. there was a vehicle involved. we don't know if it's that gray van there. it's hard to know right now where that vehicle is. but a lot of activity right

there. i believe we have bill bratton with us, former new york city police kmucommissioner and secuy analyst. >> good morning. >> good morning, i know this is the fear of every police department. a low-tech attack. on the job, you had to worry about everything from nuclear attacks to plane attacks, but something like this, is there a defense? >> actually, there is, but the reality is that there's no perfect defense. the recent st. patrick's parade in new york, for example, that all the cross streets were basically blocked off by the heavy duty dump trucks. the event this morning is all the hallmarks of one of these inspired events of the individual to use a knife, a a gun, a car to commit an action. everything coming out of there

right now law enforcement information dealing with this. it's very preliminary, there was a group of people. the suspect attempts to flee the scene and metropolitan police officers in the vicinity of the parliament building. at least one of those officers fired and killed the suspect. still undetermined the last information i have a few moments ago as to whether there was a a law enforcement officer stabbed in that incident. that seems to be up in the air at the moment. >> that's one of the early reports we have. as you certainly know, early reports are not always the most accurate. >> if everything is preliminary, you always start off with preliminary. >> i know that in new york city, obviously, new york city has dealt with the real thing, but preparing for this is a daily occurrence. on my way here just an hour ago,

i saw new york city tactical teams at one of the landmark locations here in the city. it's part of life and the expectation of these sorts of thing, isn't it? >> in new york city, particularly, new york residents and tourists alike, you cannot notice the police during my time as commissioner we increased by almost 1400 the number of specially trained officers with the heavy weapons and the armament and specialized vehicles. so at any given time in new york city, there's quite a few of these officers. as they have just done this morning as a result of what happened in london, they have gone on high alert and a number has been positioned around government buildings and the city always concerned about the copy cat or the idea that this might be part of a larger series of events planned for multiple cities. in new york we're very fortunate that resources were provided over the last couple years to

offer that expansion and it's appropriate. the world has changed dramatically. >> bill bratton. if you can hang with us, i proesht it. californ camela is someone we rely on for information about the royals. i understand you were a witness to some of the activity. can you tell us where you are and what you have seen? >> yes, earlier today i was in the very modern edition to the a traditional houses of parliament that your viewers will be familiar with. basically, it's annexed by a corridor which is outside and people walk to it to get to the main chamber where we see the prime minister. that's where this incident is taking place. i was in this modern building next door. we heard gunshots and then a commotion. people being forced up the escalator having to one run.

police crowded everyone in. the call went out to run, run u run. we run to the back of the building and hear a commotion outside. obviously, an immediate police presence both through the glass doors at the end to see out from the bridge and also something going on down past the escalator. obviously, having been in a lockdown situation, we're trying to get information. we understand there has been an incident on the bridge very close. they have bye-bye ushering to get further and further into safety. and seeing an enormous police presence on the bridge. the red buss stopped in their tracks. but now we understand someone has been stabbed and the

building is in lockdown. >> you indicated that you were aware of something happening. was anyone able to see out the window and see exactly what was taking place? >> not from where i was at the back of the building. the building is made of glass with huge glass doors. it's the main entrance where visitors come if it they want to come to the houses of parliament. we could see a major police presence. usually there's cars driving past ask tourists. almost? minutes of the gunshots being heard and people being told to run, the entire area then became a lockdown. so that incident from the bridge, we can very easily see there's been a complete lockdown of that area. we know that the station is being closed and from being in westminster, everyone has been told to move away from where the incident has happened.

we have been ushered by police to a crowd that is the building is surrounded. we're getting the impression that perhaps there's an ongoing element here. >> so you are in lockdown and not free to leave the building right now. >> everyone here at the house of parliament in the old building. >> with reference to the lawmakers in the house of common, they are being kept in it the same area. >> it's lawmakers will it be told. obviously, wednesday, it's a big day in parliament. as we're going up to recess, there's a sense here that it's a very populated time to be in

westminster on this particular day having just been in chambers hearing the prime minister do her weekly questions just hours ago. and people have beto be moved t where the main instant happened a matter of from where i'm standing now. >> we're glad you're safe. thank you for calling in. and please let us know the situation changes there. we'll get right back to you. i want to get to jeremy, former chief of staff of the u.s. department of defense. also with the cia. jeremy, would there be any kind of intelligence that would point to this or might this be just one of those inspire d attacks that just don't pop up on the radar? >> well, look, what the british secret service, mi-5, is doing right at this hour with scott lard yard is they are tearing apart any potential evidence that they have. they are looking at the vehicle. they are running the plate.

they are taking fingerprints and any information tr the alleged assailant b that was shot. they are going to scour social media and look at any claims of responsibility that isis or any other known terror groups have put out there on the internet. so they are going to look at any potential threat that have indicated an attack on london, an attack on parliament or attack on these particular targets. we should note, lester, that this apparent terrorist attack, and at this hour it's not fully confirmed it is a terrorist attack. this comes just one day after the uk joined the united states department of homeland security and issuing a terror warning about aviation, about flights from the middle east. the uk did join that terror alert and terror threat and bab certain electronic devices from the aircraft. we don't know whether or not this attack is in any way either linked to that terror threat

stream or potential ly a respone to those actions by the government. it's too soon to tell. what people are focusing mostly on now is the fact that isis has in the past, particularly in 2014, directed all its followers to take any measure at all to attack, quote, the disbeliever. they said in their published statements you should run over them with a car, stab them with a knife, we have seen those stabbing attacks before. we have seen the horrific car ramming incident that claimed the lives of 73 people in nice, france. so the british secret service this has the hallmarks of a terrorist attack, but we don't know at this hour what the particular motives are. >> bliss calling it a terror attack until they get information otherwise. but you have bye-bye on the inside, jeremy, when these things happen in europe. what's that trigger in washington? what's probably going on right now in this country?

>> first, i think the main locus of activity is the national counterterrorism center here in northern virginia. they have the lead to take all the information in the government, all open sourced information, information that isis has put out online, any classified intelligence that's in the holdings of either the national security agency or cia or any of our other agencies, pull it together, figure out whether anyone has claimed responsibility, if there's information ob assailants and any potential links back to noun terror groups and we should not forget about al qaeda, because most people focus on isis. al qaeda remains a potent terror threat. that's the work here in washington suburbs. they are pulling together all that information and brief it up the chain. they are going to be talking to their british counterparts.

one of the things that happens in a situation like this is counterterrorism expert who is have a history of working together get on the phone on secure lines and very quickly often times throw up a video teleconference of people with any information about this and will share any tid bit of information they have that can lead them to analyze this it threat and potentially protect other areas from future threats. >> jeremy bash, thank you. as we have been watching and you have been speaking, we're still e seeing injured casualties being taken away from the scene. police and fire and paramedics set up a robust triage set up there. we have seen injured people all along the length of the westminster bridge leading to parliament, where we got the initial indication of shots fired mid-afternoon there in london. then word of a vehicle that apparently was blowing through the crowds of people on the bridge itself. . you can see the famed double decker buss stopped where they

were. there's a photograph taken earlier. photos we're just getting in now of people on the sidewalk, on the bridge who were apparently victims of this vehicle that had plowed through the crowds. we don't have a number right now. early indications, again, that there was a knife-wielding assailant on the grounds of parliament. and he was shot by police. the parliament placed on lockdown. these are the first mechanicals we're getting of people who have been injured. this is obviously, right after it happened because it's before you see any paramedics in the scene. here's a a shot of paramedics rushing to the scene. and police and security moving toward parliament. they have to assume that the attack or what is happening is broader than just what we are seeing here. that this might reach into other areas of london. so a massive coordination job.

there's the front of the vehicle that this may be the vehicle that drove into the crowds. you can see the damage to that vehicle. we were told it was a 4x4 that had crashed into the crowds of people. let's go back to kelly cobiella who is monitoring the situation. what else are you hearing? >> we're starting to get some information and some eyewitness accounts from people who were at the houses of parliament. you just spoke to one of our contributors mostly on royal stories. we're also hearing from a man who we work with quite often who was on the ground at the time. he heard something happening on westminster bridge, but didn't actually see it it. the first thing he saw was a heavy set man running toward the gates leading into parlment. the gates normally used by road

traffic. the eyewitness ran in through the gates holding what looked to be a knife, attacked a police officer with that knife and the police officer fell to the ground. managed to get away from him and he ran toward the entrance to the house of commons, which is the part of parliament used by the members. he was then shot by police. it's not clear how many times he was shot, but we do hear from the house of commons leader this he was shot by police. that has not yet been confirmed by the met police. so two separate incidents, lester, as you mentioned. this incident on westminster bridge and then the incident at the houses of parliament. it is entirely possible that it was -- that it all took part with one attacker who drove across the bridge into crowds,

got out of the car and charged the gates at the houses of parliament. lester? >> are you hearing anything in terms of the number of casualties on the bridge? >> kelly, you still with me? we lost kelly there. but we continue to watch paramedics on the scene right now. . they have been treating the casualties. there was an initial report of six but we saw the still photos of a number of people on the sidewalks down who had been hit by this vehicle. you see some of the early photos here before help had arrive d. people on the pavement, on the sidewalk, and they are still treating them now late afternoon there in london. how this relates to the assailant and whether it's the same person at parliament is the big question right now. we heard from our correspondent bill neely that many people are

leaving the streets of london. we'll continue to follow this story as details warrant. we'll come back on the air and full coverage to be the on this morning on "today's take," cheers to rhea. she tells us about her new comedy. from "wilson," lorre rah deron. and secrets from a restaurant. what the wait staff doesn't want you to know. coming up now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take." live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> i'm going to sing. >> good morning. >> i hope so. you're on. if you didn't mean to say that with people listening, you just did. >> i promised. >> hear that choice? welcome to "today." >> your voice is lovely. you don't need to sing. >> you don't want to hear me sing. believe me. >> now the "today's take"

viewers are already familiar. >> intrigued. >> i'll do the intro. >> good wednesday morning. today is march 22nd, 2017. you're listening to "hand clap." i'm sheinelle jones along with dylan. yes, you know him and love him. >> i feel like i've won the lottery. >> nbc's keir simmons. >> i feel like i won the lottery. we were together in scotland, and it was a blind date, right? which was amazing. now we have a second. there i am in my kilt, which i hoped no one would ever see again. >> is it hard for a brit to wear a kilt? is that allowed? >> an englishman wearing a kilt is not allowed. i was lucky to escape scotland alive, honestly. >> the accent, people are in love. >> now we have a second date. >> you're not wearing a kilt. >> you bring along your equally beautiful friend. >> thank you. >> this is amazing. >> it is a blind date when she brings a friend inca case i wan to leave. just kidding. we should tell people, he had on his kilt.

it was kind of chilly. i felt bad for him. you know, you wear tights. dylan and i talk about this on the plaza. >> i wear tights a lot. >> you're showing me dancing, too? that's great. >> he was dancing. so delightful. anyway, buckle up. >> they told me they'd burn the tape. >> you're here for two days. >> yeah. >> he has twins. >> 4-year-olds. >> you had that in common. you chitchat and i'll watch. >> his adorable twin girls sent this sweet message. can we show everybody? >> can we see this? great. >> daddy from london! >> and why do you love your daddy? >> because he's -- because he gives great, big hugs. >> does he? >> why do you miss your daddy, ariana? >> great, big hugs. and great, big hugs and sillies.

>> they're adorable. >> i don't know what she said, honestly. >> silly? i wasn't sure. >> i think she means i'm often silly. >> are you a silly dad? >> it's been known for me to be a bit of a silly dad, yeah. >> that's so sweet. >> they are gorgeous. >> what are their names? >> illia and ariana. >> they could be stars. >> they love being on camera. strangely. >> uh-oh. >> who knew? >> watch out. >> i have some presents for you guys. >> you do? >> yeah. do we have those here? here we go. >> he comes baring gifts. he knows how to win people over. >> we might come back for a third date. >> this blind date wasn't going to go well. >> can we open them? >> i'm excited. >> i feel like i've gotten gifts every day i've been back. thank you, guys. >> are you giving me mom jeans? are you trying to tell me something? >> this is a great store. i like this. >> this is his and hers jean jackets for your twins.

and for your little one. >> this is the cutest thing i've ever seen. >> adorable. >> i usually throw him in onsies. this is fantastic. >> thank you. >> this was an act of love. i was never, honestly, shopped for clothes for my kids. it is hard. you go in the store, right? there are so many sizes. >> it's true. you want to buy everything. >> i don't know if i wanted to buy anything. i just wanted to buy something. >> we'll -- calvin will put that on, and my twins will put these on. we'll take pictures and tweet them, instagram them. we'll have a thank you video. >> you have to shop in new york and bring gifts back to your girls at home. >> thank you. >> now we want to know what you think. a story that people are talking about now. >> yes. >> spouses annoying habits. buzzfeed put together a list of 18 things that naturally clean people can't stand. then they picked up on an old tweet from dylan.

>> buzzfeed picked up my tweet? >> she didn't know this. >> i didn't know that part. >> april of 2014. you tell me if you remember this. it said, am i in sitcom? do i live with someone who puts an empty milk container back in the fridge? hashtag, really want what? >> really want cereal. >> brian, my husband -- i'm not surprised by it because my husband is famous for putting, you know, empty cereal boxes away, empty milk cartons away. he put sneakers in the fridge before. >> why? >> his brain isn't really connected when he is putting things somewhere. >> absent minded or does he do it on purpose? >> his dad does it, too. sorry, russ. i think it runs in the family. things go in weird places. >> on purpose? >> no. by accident. i think the milk thing, like that's just being careless, brian. sorry. >> it's a lovely feeling, sneakers on cold. >> where are my slippers in oh,

in the fridge. >> you had a video on instagram. there are two things that drive me nuts. watching another person brush their teeth. >> makes me gag. >> and this. watching brian, her husband, put on sneakers. >> you posted a video? >> poor brian, when he finds the sneakers in the fridge. bend over, untie your shoe and put your shoe on. >> it's not on. >> he just -- >> berating him in the background. that's you being -- >> that's my commentary. >> being the wife. >> this makes me nauseous. i can't watch it. he has a bad knee, and i think that's why. he's pulling muscles. >> every morning? >> he says i'm the reason he is late for work. i'm like, can you do this one last thing? it's the shoe thing. >> funny. >> i feel like you win in that department. it got us thinking about your annoying spousal habits. do you have pet peeves?

>> my wife will shout -- jessica is in the uk so she can't see this. it's okay. she will shout from one end of the house to the other to get my attention. which is cool, but we were talking earlier about the fact that then your kids start to do it, too. now my children will shout, "daddy" from one end of the house to the other. >> get ready for baby calvin to put on shoes. >> i'm waiting for it. >> my husband had a habit that bothered me but didn't bother me until we started having kids. if there is orange juice in the fridge, he'll go in. if he doesn't get a cup, he'll drink from the thing. i don't put my mouth on it. i do like this. the other day, my 7-year-old opens the fridge, takes the orange juice. >> what? >> he is trying to be like daddy. hasn't mastered the skill. i'm like, i told you guys. don't do that. then your little mini mes are trying it. >> we don't do anything that's bad. >> we're perfect. >> nothing. >> can't follow anything bad we

do. >> i can't think of a thing, honestly. i do put things back -- >> i'm sure if we ask your wife, it'd be different. >> empty things in the fridge? >> maybe a little left. >> why? >> jess won't throw it away. it is frustrating. >> you wanted some more of it? >> only a few days past its, you know, good date. >> she throws it out? >> i'm like, that's food. >> that was your last sip. >> yeah. >> you talk about the fact you like the gender reveal videos. speaking of videos online. >> the one we're going to show is actually above and beyond. >> i haven't seen it. >> i love gender reveals, and i also love rube goldberg machines. like the beginning of "peewee's big adventure." >> no. >> you don't remember? >> no. >> he feeds his dog and makes eggs. anyway. >> people on twitter will respond, i remember, dylan. >> thank you. it is one of the best scenes. taylor posted this video to his

dude dad blog. it is this sped up version. it took taylor and three friends three days to set up. there is a gender reveal at the end. how cool is this? >> oh, my goodness. >> some people might find these boring. they're so fun. >> i like the sped up version. how long was the actual video? >> three minutes. >> that's not too bad. >> it is going downstairs. >> oh, my goodness. >> went into the garage. >> boy or girl, keir? she knows. >> i've seen it. >> i'll guess a girl. >> i actually saw it and i forgot how it ends. >> it is a girl. >> have you seen it? >> no, it was a 50/50 chance. >> why is there blue in there, too? >> i feel like his wife is going to be saying, you're going to clean all this up now. >> true. >> the bar was so high these days for the gender reveals. wait until you see what a kid did to land his dream job at 30 rock. 30 rock. did it work, or will he g♪

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rapping to alphabet aerobics. >> the fact he knew how to do it. >> amazing. he has a career in hip hop. >> that or comedy. >> even if no career at the fallon show. >> part of me feels like, give him an internship. but if he does, would it open the floodgates? >> i can only imagine the amount of videos they'd be getting to get the internships but it was really good. he deserves it. >> we don't know if he got the gig. did you ever do anything crazy for a job? >> no. >> that you can say on morning television? >> no. i'm trying to think. >> what about for an internship, anything? >> no. sorry. i'm about as boring as it comes. >> my first internship -- i had 11. >> wow. >> i was a crazy kid. i was a sophomore in college. i interned at a -- probably shouldn't say where it was. anyway, it was pouring down rain. the reporter asked me to go in line to get beanie babies. remember they were like all the rage? >> yeah. >> the only place i could find them was a hospital gift shop. i waited for hours in the rain

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botched so royally the last couple of days. i apologize for that. >> here he is. >> bring out the cake. >> gavin, the "today's take" viewers know you. you're like the producer -- >> the weird guy who comes in every once in a while. >> look what we have here. >> unbelievable. >> a hat. >> you have to wear it. >> did you put that up there? i'm kidding. >> happy birthday, gavin. >> thanks, guys. look at that. a cake. i'm shocked. this is so nice of you guys. thank you. >> gavin, you are as good as it l gets. >> yeah. >> we appreciate you. >> i appreciate that. >> want to do the weather now? >> i'll let you do the weather. >> i'll let you do the weather. thanks though. that's allsome. thank y thank you, guys. >> we're looking at the weather. looking at some warmer temperatures eventually working back into the northeast. we have to get through today. we have wind advisories up across new england, where it is going to make it feel like it is only in the teens and 20s. winds could gust near 45 to 50

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before you make your dinner reservation for the weekend, hear this. we're revealing insider secrets on how to get better service at restaurants. >> here to help you stay on a waiter's good side is steve, author of "waiter rant." thanks for the tip, confessions of a cynical waiter. hi, steve. how are you? >> glad to be here. >> we can get this really badly wrong, though we're paying and picking up a check. >> that's correct. >> what are the first rules? when should you and shouldn't you go out to eat? >> well, one of the worst nights to go out is actually saturday night. when i was a waiter, we called it amateur night. what people don't realize is -- >> that's my night. >> that's when people have off. what people don't realize is saturday night is when a

restaurant will make the majority of its weekly profit. >> okay. >> there's a lot of pressure on the wait staff to turn and burn the tables. >> okay. >> to get people in and out. i tell people, if you want to have a relaxed time, not to feel rushed, try going out on a thursday on a wednesday night. or find out what off night works at a particular restaurant. i will tell you, one time never to go, never show up half an hour before closing. we hate you. the kitchen guys have been there since early in the morning. they want to do home. so you're a late comer. while you're eating your salad, your entree may be under a heat lamp while they're spraying cleanin cleaners. >> i tend to be the first in the restaurant because i go to bed early. so i don't have to worry about the cleaning product. what are some of the rules? families like to linger, you have your wine, don't want to leave until the last sip. is there an unwritten rule of

how quickly you should get off the table? >> a restaurant is a business. tables are real estate. and the rule of thumb is a two top or two people will take an hour and a half to two hours. four top will take about two hours. anything larger than that, three or four hours. when people decide to stay too long, what happens is, the seating plan gets completely destroyed and then you have a line out the door. then you get this embarrassing situation where the manager may say, you have to go. >> right. >> so i say, if you want to keep the party going, you know, go to the bar. go somewhere else. you don't have to leave, but you can't stay here. >> that's a good idea. move to the bar for your coffee, your final drink, whatever you want to do. >> right. >> it is nice to do that. >> it is. >> my wife, jess, always believes that the first table they sit you on is the worst in the restaurant. you always have to ask for another table. they'll try and get the table used. is that right?

is that true? >> sometimes. if you're not a regular customer. i always tell the story of alec baldwin came into my restaurant one time. >> assigned him the worst table? >> the only table i had was by the ladies' room. he was cool about it. the best part was watching all the ladies running into the bathroom to fix their makeup. he was a very good guest. >> i got to know if you are rude to the wait staff, not that i've ever been, what are some of the stories that the wait staff has done? do they do anything? >> most people are just trying to be nice. some people are psychopaths. what everyone is worried about, the waiter will do something to the food. almost never happens. you might get a subtle form of revenge. you may want decaf at night and i'll give you regular. but my go-to move for a rude customer was to tell you your credit card had been declined. >> oh. >> so you're twisting in the wind. your girlfriend is embarrassed.

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while others may keep trying, nobunny knows easter better than cadbury. a good wednesday morning at 9:26. i'm sam brock. we're in a microclimate weather alert as another round of rain passing through the bay area right now. this is a live look at pretty wet roads in dublin. that's at the interchange. meantime, people in menlo park are being advised to stay away from oak grove aef after a large treek fe tree fell and knocked down power lines. that road is still closed off. that's a closer look. much earlier this morning, the rain triggered minor flooding near highway 24 in drinda. crews overnight dropped down sandbags and booms in order to

keep the water off the roadway. let's keep an update on conditions from meteorologist kari hall. >> a lot of that rain moved through earlier this morning. we're seeing this activity tapering off. still dealing with the after-effects of that and a slow morning commute as we get a look at the shot on the peninsula and also in the south bay with cloudy skies and spotty rain lingering. it's clearing in san francisco and the north bay. we're getting clearing in the east bay, too. highs this afternoon reaching into the lower 60s. up to 59 degrees in the east bay. 62 degrees in the north bay. and only a few lingering showers right now at this point after the bulk of that heavy rain continues to move out. we're watching for the potential still of a few isolated thunderstorms, but not going to see that widespread. a closer look showing that most of us are getting a chance to dry out. only a few more of those showers that may be moving through within the next hour or so. sam? >> just lingering and around. thank you, kari. we saw the roads are still wet.

how is weather effecting traffic?

we're looking over here towards most of the bay getting its break from that rain finally. the south bay is where we see a slow stretch of 280 from 880 up towards saratoga. an earlier crash that's cleared. the disabled vehicle 85 bottom of your screen. late slowing there. this area through fremont adds about fife minutes to your expected drive time. a couple crashes north of there so late build towards mission boulevard. you see recovering from the traffic flow as well as wet roadways. tough getting off that 1. >> not too much wind out there from the flag. see you in 30 minutes.

she is considered comedy royalty in hollywood. we're talking about four-time emmy winner rhea perlman, who played karla for ten years on "cheers." and whose career on tv, stage is and screen spanned more than three decades. ♪ where everybody knows your name ♪ >> very good, keir. >> did i get away with that? >> i knew he was going to sing. >> now, she's teaming up with a youtube sensation, known as my life as ava, who has more than 60 million followers across social media. is that right? >> 16 million. >> i don't think that many people watched "cheers." >> you see them together. the two are bringing the laughs in youtube's series, "me and my

grandma." take a look. >> hi. i'm -- >> i know who you are. big fan. i'm trying to get myself out there on social media, too. you got any tips? >> i started doing makeup tutorials and things took off from there. i let my personality shine. >> step by step, really delve into the details of how you went from zero followers to millions. >> honey, you just have to be yourself. >> that's all you got? >> it's like a match made in heaven. good morning to both of you. where shall we start? first of all, 16 million followers. i don't know if people with conceptualize how many people are following you. you have a new book and this comedy series. >> yes. >> are you close to your grandmother, is that where this came from? >> yeah, a little too close to my grandma, which is how me and my grandma happened. i lived with my grandma until i was a freshman in college. she drove me to college. >> drove you to college?

>> yeah. my grandma is saying these crazy things. i'm an adult now, living and she's next to me. "me and my grandma" has to be a show. >> like a helicopter grandma. >> yeah. >> rhea, emmy-award winning actress. youtubeterritory. why and how did you get involved? >> first of all, it is a great script. all the scripts are well written. they're great. you know, youtube reaches a whole other segment of the population that a lot of them don't know me. if they do, maybe it is from " "metilda" more than "cheers." just learning about ava and the whole business of youtube and how you can become a star out there with just, you know, your guts and your personality.

just letting it happen. it is amazing. >> i love it. >> yeah. >> i mean, you are huge and part of a hollywood power couple. how do you -- >> we're the power couple. >> you're the power couple now. >> right. you have to play kind of a role, i guess, where you're trying to make it in hollywood. >> yeah. >> for you, i guess, that's kindover eakind of easier, even with the followers. more difficult for you to do, i guess. >> the most fun. >> there's a scene where you're like auditioning for all these commercial roles, like the aarp and everything. it is the funniest montage i've ever seen in my life. >> i had to do a diaper one. humiliating. >> you made me think about something. you mentioned "cheers." do you think a show like "cheers" would be huge in this landscape of youtube, all the shows all over the place. >> of course, i think so. because it was such a great written show.

everybody in it was great. it was like, you know, the chemistry was fabulous. when people find it again, even young people, when they find it, they dig it. so i do think it would be. >> good answer. >> in this world of reunions, i interviewed woody harrelson the other day and said, will there be a "cheers" reunion? he said, he wants one off camera, just to get together again. can we ever see you on camera? >> if he says so. it's all up to him. >> make an announcement on "today's take." just kidding. what's next for you, rhea? i hear you're traveling? >> yeah, i want to go a lot of places right now. all at once. no, i'm going to go down to south america and to -- then i want to go to iceland. i want to -- i've been on a lot of trips this year. actually, ava is a traveler, too. >> you can go together since you're a match made in heaven. >> season two, "me and my grandma" goes to iceland. >> that could be a hit.

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this is our back patio. >> if you have the brown spots, two reasons. number one, you have a dog. you know what's happening there. >> sure enough. >> number two, there is fungus in it. beer, some of the fermented sugars in beer, just a little bit, not too wet, you probably use a couple of these if you have a brown spot, it kills the fungus and nourishes the lawn underneath. >> in my head, i'm like, that's expensive to put the beer all over your lawn. just the brown spots? >> take the old beers you haven't had and want the guests to drink them up, those are the ones you put on the lawn. not the good stuff. >> you have ideas to help plants this spring. >> 99% of what we're talking about is natural. safe for kids and pets. if you have milk that is spoiling, don't go ahead and drink it, put it in your cereal. i roll the dice. our health editor knows it, julie. you can spread it on the plants in the yard. helps with the fungus. the milk battles the fungus. >> don't mix it with water or anything?

>> half and half, you might have to. >> true. >> not bad. citrus is a great way to battle, too. we went through the trouble of fedexing lady bugs into the backyard, which you can do. another organic way. but start with this. the oils in the citrus peels battle, and you can use banana peels to nourish your soil with vit potassium. >> what about this? >> people put these in the dampest places in the basement and they get mildew on them. also, guess where spiders like to hide? up in here. you don't want the first barbecue of the season to be the one where grandma is attacked by spiders. get a power washing or buy a nozzle for your hose. use an old toothbrush or brush

inside the house, maybe for the tires of the car, mix murphy's and hot water, good to go. >> keir, take it away. >> can we have a bro moment. did you hear that alexis in some parts of the u.s., you can order beer with alexis? god bless america. >> i've ordered straws and toilet paper but not beer. gutters are a pain in the butt. this is a tip. cut one of the old bottles in half, 45 degree angle, and scoop in the gunk. >> you may have to get up high because often these are high. >> get on a ladder. be safe. make sure somebody is holding the ladder on the bottom. this is the most fun tip. we'll make it rain leaves here. a nice, cordless lawn blower here. if you have a clog in the down spout, hopefully it is not a squirrel stuck in there, if it is leaves and brush, go like this. >> terrific.

>> it pops out the top. >> i'mimagining. that worked so well. i was imagining a squirrel coming out. >> squirrel coming out the top. >> let's head to the bottom. >> we have a squirrel in there. i've heard that about the "today" show. just kidding, guys. a lot of times, people take foil. now, what you want to be able to do here is use natural products so when you do put the burger on, you're not having all the chemicals on there. this is white vinegar. very simple. what you do is get the grill piping hot. then take half of an onion. this is a crazy trick. i didn't believe this when i saw it so i had to google it. everything you read on the internet is true these days. we actually fact checked this one. rub the grate back and forth. the onion takes off the gunk. >> terrific. i try to clean these things, throwing stuff everywhere.

>> i have to interrupt your bromance. don't eat that. really? >> what are you doing? >> dylan has to do the weather. >> really, don't do that. >> bite into it like an apple, right? we are looking at the weather across the country. that is fairy quiet today. though much, much colder in the northeast with wind advisories in effect. could see winds up to 45 to 50 miles per hour. obviously, wind chills will be a factor, too. on the flip side, spring continues across the rockies. the warm air will continue to move back into parts of the planes. looking at scattered thunderstorms and wet weather across the western part of the country, where we could see heavier pockets of rain and mountain snow, as well. tomorrow, we're looking at late day storms working into the western planes. some of those could be severe. it is going to still be chilly in the northeast. good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. rain is winding down. we are tapering off seeing that

activity taper off right now. seeing only a little rain here and there. briefing on the terror attacks on parliament and adjacent bridge. >> men were in that possible location but -- we are working closely with london service. i would like to repeat our request to the public to avoid the following areas. parliament square, white hope, westminster bridge, victoria street up to the junction with broadway and up to embankment station to allow emergency services to deal with this

ongoing incident. there is an ongoing investigation being led by the counterterrorism command. we would ask anybody who has images of the incident to pass those to police. we know there are a number of casualties including police officers but at this stage we cannot confirm numbers or the nature of these injuries. our response will be ongoing and it's important we gather all possible information. public safety is our top priority and we are vreviewing this across london and throughout the capital this afternoon. there will be additional officers on duty and deployed across the capital. i would like the public to let us know if they see anything suspicious and if they do to dial 999 immediately. the acting commissioner is being treated as significant witness as he was at the scene when the incident started. whilst he is not injured, it

would be inappropriate for him to be here to talk about the incident at this stage. our thoughts and his thoughts are with all of those involved and responding this evening. i say if anyone has information about today's incident, they are urged to call 0800729381. if the public has any information or sees anything suspicious to dial 999 immediately. >> at this stage does the incident seem to be over? >> i'm not going to speculate. we have the response here. officers responding. i want to stress it is our priority to keep london safe. people going home this evening, we'll see additional officers deployed across london in order to achieve that. i've told you what information i have. and i will addition we will continue to keep you updated as we find things out. i'm not prepared to speculate. ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your time this evening. i would absolutely stress to the

public, number one priority is to keep london safe. if people have information, please dial the number and most importantly, if people see anything suspicious, dial 999 if they think it's an emergency. thank you very much. >> metropolitan police in london updating what they're willing to talk about right now that relates to a terror attack. they're describing tz a terror attack until they learn information otherwise. occurred midafternoon in london today. according to witness accounts it appears to have started on the westminster bridge that you're looking at right now, when a vehicle plowed into pedestrians. we have seen some horrific images there. he's not talking about the number of casualties or extent right now. clearly, a number of people were injured along the length of this bridge. after that an assailant tried to

crash the grounds of parliament and attacked a police officer with what is believed to be a knife. that assailant was shot. he was shot on the ground. he did not make it inside parliament. the natural question is, is that the same person who drove the vehicle? we don't have an answer to that right now. you also heard mr. harrington say there will be additional security on the streets of london. people going home this afternoon will see police on the street. they're acting on the assumption there may be other elements to this and plan a robust security presence in london going into the evening. here is iconic wheel, i'm sorry, the eye, familiar to tourists and this is where this all occurred today. we want to go to jeremy bash,

nbc news security expert, based on what you've seen, does it appear this situation is occurred or can they even act this in that matter at this hour? >> hypothesis, based on the method of attack, the car ramming, the stabbing which are two methods isis has called for the operating hypothesis is this was an attack in the heart of london. intelligence will be carrying apart the alleged assailant, his fingerprints, anything found on his person, running the tags of the car, looking at the make and model, assess it against any claims of responsibility by

isis, al qaeda or any other known terrorist organization. in november 2016 isis propaganda released a video saying don't travel to syria. conduct attacks in your own country. this would be the first isis attack in the uk although isis has released six videos with uk nationals who serve in isis ranks. in those videos they call for attacks inside london and inside the uk. in the same videos released last fall and the official publication of isis, they teach followers how to conduct car ramming incidents. they teach them how to use knives. ion of isis teach foll followers how to conduct car m ramming incidents and teach them how to use knives and undertake terror attacks using these tact tactics. it is too early to know at this hour whether this is an isis attack, isis inspired directed

but it has the hallmark inside of london. >> in the past when we see attacks the next move by officers is try to discover the cell operating. worth noting this is the one year anniversary of attacks in bruss brussels. when you're talking about people answering this isis call attack on their own, is it possible there won't be any other links or trail to follow? >> that's the big concern of the so-called lone wolf, somebody operating on their own, self radicalized, self inspired. what our intelligence agencies and m i5 british intelligence agencies best in the world, what they have become very good at is identifying the traits of a lone wolf, somebody on social media, in communication with isis foll followers, somebody who takes some social media chatter and takes to it a private conversation, sometimes in encrypted channels. they will look at those

communications and analyze them and talk to people who understand how these lone wolfs think and operate and try to develop a profile and try to go after who this person might have been in contact with. yes, you're right, lester, this is very hard to pull apart if he is not officially connected to another isis cell. there have been many reports of how these lone wolf operators operate so we can stop the next bash. >> we go to the scene where bill neely is at. we missed the brief start of the headlines. can you tell us what we know and don't know at this hour. bill, with us? >> reporter: yes, i am. i can hear you. >> all right. okay. bill neely, you with us? >> reporter: yep, i'm with you. >> yes, i am, i can hear you. >> tell us what we have right now, bill.

>> there are police vehicles come ing now. lester, this was an attack at the very heart of the british political, democratic and military area, within 600, 500 yards we have dining street, the british ministry of defense, we have the parliament. there is an investigation at the minute being carried out by counter-terrorism police at scotland yard. they confirmed there are a number of casualties including police officers but no confirmation at the moment one woman has been killed. certainly, a number of people have been injured and plenty of speculation but no confirmation who might have done this. once again this is not just a coincidence this happened, this

is an attack at the very heart of british democracy, the palace of westminster. >> thanks. we have matt bradley on the scene coming to us on the phone. tell us what you saw on the way over and what you observed so far. >> reporter: lester i walked the full clock face around the houses of parliament trying to get as close as i can. i'm now on the bridge immedia immediately to the west of westminster bridge. walking around this whole area, it's quite striking. there are police officers who immediately descended and closed off all the access routes in parliament. the one immediately to the left of westminster is actually totally open. i can walk across it and standing on it right now but aren't any police presence right here. once you get to the end of the bridge parliament side, there is a large police presence.

cars on westminster bridge are now stopped, the famous red double-decker buses are stopped and not sure what happened to their passengers. the public all seem to be going about their usual business seeing this with the proverbial stiff upper lip, walking around and a lot dismissed from their places of work and head back home and to public transportation, what have you. right now a striking scene where you don't see such heavily armed police officers in london and now you're seeing them everywhere. they couldn't be calmer, no sense of panic and no tension. everybody is going about their usual business on their way home even as police officers and ambulances go by with sirens

bla blazing. what a seen in central london. >> matt bradley in central london. we continue to look at these pictures of westminster bridge. we've seen tough pictures of still photos right after this happened sustaining various injuries. there is no confirmation of deaths and they are not offering up a number of casualties or extent. the best we canopies together based on witnesses we've spoken to whatever happened beganton the bridge. you see one of the witnesses on the bridge, followed by an assailant, possibly the same person who tried to crash onto the grounds of parliament attacking a police officer with either a stick or knife. that attacker was shot and seen

treated on the grounds of parliament. we continue to follow this story throughout the day as events warrant and we will come back on the air and have full coverage

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